Melissa Teams Win Big at District Tournaments

Three Melissa baseball teams brought home district championships when the 6U, 8U and 10U teams won their respective tournaments over the June 22 weekend.

The 6-and-under (6U) Melissa Cardinal All-Star baseball team went undefeated to win the "Big School Champions" title in the District 1 Dixie Youth Baseball Tournament played in Sherman. In their first game of the tournament on Thursday night, the Cardinals beat the Sherman-Americans 24-12.

On Friday night, the boys dominated Anna 18-7 and then on Saturday the team fought back after being down in the mid-day heat to get a win over Princeton 18-16.

On Sunday, the Cardinals once again showed up ready to play ball and flew past Anna 17-3 in the semifinals. In the championship game, the team went on to run-rule the Sherman-Americans, 18-4 and capture the championship.

They will advance to the Dixie Youth T-Ball North Regional State Championship Tournament being held in Sulphur Springs from July 6 through July 9.

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